Has Maggie Smith Been Playing Herself All This Time?

From Jean Brodie to Downton’s dowager, her history repeats.

Jeremy Helligar
Nov 1 · 7 min read
Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey (Photo: BBC)

“… But she’s a very, you know, complicated and quite, in some ways, quite a defensive person. She protects herself a lot, and she needs to, because what’s going on inside her, her talent, is such an absolutely remarkable thing that it could be very easily coarsened or

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Jeremy Helligar

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Brother. Son. Friend. Writer. Journalist. World Traveler. History-Obsessed Anxiety Survivor. Loner. Author of “Is It True What They Say About Black Men?”

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